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Cristiano Ronaldo saw it from the bench. A quarter of an hour from the end, after almost an hour outnumbered, Solksjaer, the Manchester United manager, called him to the bench. Lingard jumped into the field, back after a regenerative year on loan at West Ham. But in the last play of the game, the English international appeared where he was not expected, he wanted to give the ball to De Gea and left a hand in hand on a tray to Siebatcheu, a French American, who achieved the victory goal (2 -1) for the surprising Young Boys, the Swiss champion and presumable Cinderella who turned upside down a group made up of two wolves, Villarreal and Atalanta.
Cristiano had met, scorer again in the Champions League on the day he equaled Iker Casillas.
Nobody has played more games (177) than them in the best club competition in the world.
The normal thing is that CR7 surpasses the Madrid goal in two weeks when Manchester United host Villarreal at Old Trafford.
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Young Boys Von Ballmoos, Mohamed Ali, Sandro Lauper (Cedric Zesiger, min. 91), Alexandre Garcia, Silvan Hefti, Michel Aebischer, Martins (Fabian Rieder, min. 81), Fassnacht, Vincent Sierro (Theoson Siebatcheu, min. 45), Ngoumo Ngamaleu and Meschak EliaM.
UnitedDe Gea, Nilsson-Lindelöf, Shaw, Wan-Bissaka, Harry Maguire, Pogba, Jadon Sancho (Diogo Dalot, min. 36), Bruno Fernandes (Matic, min. 71), van de Beek (Varane, min. 45), Fred (Anthony Martial, min. 88) and Cristiano (Jesse Lingard, min. 71)
Goals0-1 min. 12: Christian. 1-1 min. 65: Ngoumo Ngamaleu. 2-1 min. 94: Theoson Siebatcheu. Referee François Letexier Yellow cards Fassnacht (min. 45), Martins (min. 49) and Varane (min. 63) Red cards Wan-Bissaka (min. 34)
From Rome 2009, in that final against Barcelona, to Bern 2021 with the Young Boys in front. None of the companions who lined up with him on that Roman event wears high-heeled boots. By then the Portuguese star already had a Ballon d'Or in his showcase. The common thread is always the goal. Twelve minutes into the match, Cristiano received a major pass from Bruno Fernandes and scored a target that seemed like part of a procedure, one more drop in the tasty statistical juice that contemplates the Portuguese, the top scorer of the competition already with 135 goals, for ahead of Messi, who travels with 15 fewer and Lewandowski, who completes the podium at no less than 62 away. But United were in the middle of an ambush.
The Young Boys had already warned. The Congolese Elia aimed near one of the goal posts defended by De Gea. Cristiano did not need to sharpen: he hit the first time. But the Swiss closed in on a reserve rival who recoiled even further when, in the 35th minute, winger Wan-Bissaka took Martins ahead and found a well-deserved expulsion. Solksjaer recovered with the sacrifice of Jadon Sancho and wanted to cover first with Dalot and then with Varane. The French central defender was late to block Ngamaleu's shot, which tied with half an hour to play. Then the game was only going in the direction of De Gea's goal, Cristiano was disconnected from the rest of the team and the point already seemed like a tasty loot for United, who struggled in such a way that Solksjaer, in need of defensive efforts, had left over Christian.And they ended up defeated.
Chelsea and Juve start winning
Hours later, Chelsea, champion of the last edition of the Champions League, debuted by beating Zenit at Stamford Bridge (1-0) with a header from Romelu Lukaku, who finished off in the 69th minute a pass to the area from Spanish César Azpilicueta.
In that same group H, Juventus took a more comfortable victory in their visit to Malmoe (0-3), in a match that they dispatched with all three goals in the first half.
Alex Sandro put the Juventians ahead in the 23rd minute, Dybala extended the penalty lead in the 45th minute, and a minute later Morata closed the score.
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